| The Battle of Hong Kong (香港攻略 英国崩るゝの日) | |
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| Directed by | Shigeo Tanaka |
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| Distributed by | Daiei Studios |
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| Language | Japanese |
The Battle of Hong KongHonkon kōryaku: Eikoku kuzururu no hi (香港攻略 英国崩るゝの日) (Chinese:香港攻略), also known asThe Day England Fell, is the sole film made inHong Kong during theJapanese occupation from 1941 to 1945.[2] The 1942 film was produced by the Japanese Dai Nippon Film Company, was directed by Shigeo Tanaka (田中重雄Tanaka Shigeo) and featured an all-Japanese cast, but some Hong Kong film personalities were also involved in its making.[3]
An anti-British propaganda film,The Battle of Hong Kong depictsBritons in Hong Kong as being in a state of "spiritual degeneracy" and inaccurately portrays them as discriminating againstJapanese Hong Kongers prior to the outbreak of thePacific War.[4][5] This film is nowlost.[6]
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